CVE-2018-10381

Published Apr 26, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
TunnelBear 3.2.0.6 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "TunnelBearMaintenance" service. This service establishes a NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "OpenVPNConnect" method accepts a server list argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM user.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2454 TunnelBear 3.2.0.6 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "TunnelBearMaintenance" service. This service establishes a NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "OpenVPNConnect" method accepts a server list argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM user.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 4:49 PM
Reserved
Apr 25, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 26, 2018, 12:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:33 AM